Recent inspection of plane involved by French authorities
At 17:00 GMT/UTC, Euronews (the EU funded news channel only watched in hotel rooms) reported that a routine inspection of the plane in question had taken place in southern France only a few days ago and that everything about it had been found to be correct then.
A few posts up, someone took offence at the concept that a Spanish registered plane should be described as "from the 3rd world." Those living here and subjected to 3rd world political corruption every day of our lives with judicial probes routinely lasting for decades and so allowing brazen politicians to scorn the public who pay their outrageous salaries are not all quite so sure as to where the country should be located on any socio-geo-political scales.
Incidents like the continued complete silence regarding the Cork Airport Accident Enquiry and the 48 hour gap before anyone in Madrid reacted to the video of the Russian plane programmed to land on the Barcelona runway which an Aerolineas Argentinas jumbo was crossing, amongst many others, certainly don't inspire confidence.